Re:Police violently drag man from United plane after airline...
by criddell on Monday April 10, 2017 @12:27PM
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This story will probably get flagged and removed, but I think it's worth discussing.
Apparently United offered only $800 for that seat. As I understand it, they needed it to reposition crew so it was obviously worth a lot more than that to them.
I think there should be better consumer protection laws for situations like this. If United wants to oversell a flight there should be actual consequences for them besides some ridiculously low payment to customers for breaking their side of the deal. They should have to do something like a reverse auction.
Apparently United offered only $800 for that seat. As I understand it, they needed it to reposition crew so it was obviously worth a lot more than that to them.
I think there should be better consumer protection laws for situations like this. If United wants to oversell a flight there should be actual consequences for them besides some ridiculously low payment to customers for breaking their side of the deal. They should have to do something like a reverse auction.